How to grow your payments app with campervan and motorhome hire firms
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Campervan and motorhome hire firms rent vans for weekends, weeks and longer road trips, often to customers from other countries. Most take a booking deposit, the balance before the trip, and a refundable security deposit that is returned after the van comes back, plus extras such as bedding, bike racks, camping chairs and pet fees. A payments app that sends deposit and balance links, takes the security deposit and handles extras and refunds cleanly can win these firms, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to campervan hire firms
Ask local campervan and motorhome hire owners:
- How do customers pay a booking deposit today?
- How do you take and return the security deposit?
- How are extras and damage charges paid?
- How do customers from other countries pay?
Take deposits and balances by link
A deposit link when customers book and a balance link before the trip means the owner has the money before handing over the keys.
Handle extras and refunds cleanly
Extras can be added by link before pick-up, and the security deposit can be refunded quickly once the van is back.
Grow through travel
Hire firms know campsites, glamping sites and bike hire shops. One firm on your app can introduce the others.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about car and bike hire?
The car and bike hire guide covers car, scooter and bike hire businesses taking bookings, deposits and extra charges.
Car and bike hire →What about hostels and campsites?
The hostels and campsites guide covers deposits for bookings and payments at check-in from travellers from many countries.
Hostels and campsites →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.